I'm expecting it to be one of those circumstances when if team x can beat the opposition by 5 goals and team y lose by 5 goals they could stay up type of thing. But in reality I think it will be decided by then.
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Usually the swings are too big to cover, but here's hoping it all comes down to the final minutes in a few matches to make it really interesting. Squeaky bum time.
Still feeling disappointed about yesterday’s result. Hard to shake it off. God knows which Arsenal will turn up against Southampton.
It doesn't matter if Arsenal C turn up...we're utterly bereft of effort, talent, desire, will, intestinal fortitude or a ny of the other qualities required to stay in the fight. Enjoy your three points.
I'm going to St Mary's to start a fire.
I will offer the thought that we miss Saliba even more than we missed Gabriel Jesus, and the (negative) impact on the team of his absence (through injury) is far greater.
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I don't want to say Arsenal's goose is cooked, but again the lack of depth is their Achilles' heel. When injuries hit Man City can rotate in quality players any other team would be using starters.
Arsenal should beat Southampton but there are other matches still to come and they can't afford to drop points now.
Arsenal should beat Southampton but there are other matches still to come and they can't afford to drop points now.
Don’t worry. I’m sure West Ham will give City a good thrashing then it’s all good.
Then AFB awoke from his dream…….
Do you think the finances at Southampton will be okay with a year in the Championship? It seams teams either bounce straight back, or have to sell a lot of players to balance the books.
Given how much Forrest have paid for players you’d assume relegation would cause them a lot of harm. I know we have spent an awful lot of money on not a lot of quality.
Well...the new owners are supposed to have very deep pockets - they just seem to have fairly short arms, so perhaps a year or two in the wilderness might not kill us, but I don't know how realistic they've been with the financial modelling for the reduction in income that occurs after relegation.
I think we'll end up selling the vast majority of our current line-up and that's probably a good thing. They haven't covered themselves with glory thus far.
I had to smother an unseemly snigger at both the fact of, and the nature of, Chelsea's exit from the Champion's League (defated - on aggregate - by four goals to nil by Real Madrid).
Not a lot of love for Real Madrid, agreed, but, as Barney Ronay has written in today's edition of the Guardian about this Chelsea team: "Something a little grotesque has been created here, a real-time reminder of the things people want to do to this sport, of the distorting effects of money without sense or love or care."
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In the Manchester City v Bayern game, (which City already lead by three goals to nil from the first leg) Haaland misses a penalty.
Not going well for us or Man Utd. Are we really only going to have City left in Europe after tonight?
If Sevilla could bottle the hoodoo they've got on Man Utd, they could sell it for billions.
Harry Maguire: worst transfer in PL history. What a pathetic excuse of a player.
Harry Maguire: worst transfer in PL history. What a pathetic excuse of a player.
Spanish teams really seem to thrive in the Europa League.
As for Maguire...Man Utd were looking at him the same time Liverpool were buying Virgil van Dijk, but balked at £70m. Then came back the next window and bought him for £10m more. I wonder whether Woodward panicked upon seeing Van Dijk's huge impact and tried to replicate it. The basic logic was sound but his choice of player proved unfortunate.
Michael Dawson, speaking of Maguire at the time he signed for Man Utd:
"What makes him an £80m player is his distribution. He can bring the ball out from the back, he is comfortable in tight areas, he gets out of trouble. That is what makes him an elite player.
He is one of those lads who will walk into the dressing room and settle in straight away.
One day you can see him being a captain of Manchester United."
I don't think Maguire is a bad player; I think he was promoted beyond his level.
Looking good for my boys. Hopefully the confidence boost with the Arsenal draw and now a 4-1 lead in Europe will help us push on to get a few points on the board in the PL.